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International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination - Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

  • The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia recognised ongoing discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people on May 17, 2025, marking IDAHOBIT.
  • This recognition followed research showing 57% of LGBTQIA+ Australians face discrimination and almost 80% of trans or gender diverse people experience bias.
  • PSA outlined systems changes in its Pharmacists in 2030 plan to support inclusive care, including incentivising in-depth consultations with priority populations.
  • Associate Professor Fei Sim emphasized the need to "do better" by empowering pharmacists with knowledge for culturally appropriate care of LGBTQIA+ people.
  • These actions aim to reduce systemic health disparities and create safer, more inclusive healthcare for LGBTQIA+ patients across Australia.
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M. Hernández On 17 May, the International Day against Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is commemorated, a day dedicated to eradicating prejudices and promoting equal rights for LGBTI people.This date evokes the crucial moment of 1990, when the World Health Organization stopped considering [...]

"The path to be taken against discrimination is still long," said the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, on the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. "Thirty-five years ago the Oms decided to remove homosexuality from the list of mental diseases, ending a senseless classification and marking the beginning of a cultural and social change on the road to equal dignity of citizens." Mattarella con…

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On May 17, 1990, the World Health Organization (WHO) took a historic step by removing homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), marking the official end of the pathologization of sexual orientations. This achievement was the result of decades of mobilization by social movements, especially in the United States, where the resistance before and after the Stonewall Riots (1969) paved the way for the depathologization of…

València: Lambda concentrates to commemorate that 35 years ago since homosexuality ceased to be considered a disease

DAY AGAINST HOMO/TRANSFOBIA: CHILE IN RETROCESS. Movilh announces protests for the entire electoral period. Today the International Day against Homo/Transphobia is commemorated in the world, a date that recalls when the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from its list of diseases. It also reminds us of the hard struggle that [...] The post Declaration Movilh: Announces protests for the entire electoral period appeared first on…

LGBTIphobias – rejection, contempt, violence against LGBTQIA+ people – remain a ubiquitous, multifaceted and deeply rooted phenomenon in our societies. They manifest themselves through stereotypes, ridicule, discrimination, psychological, physical, sexual assaults, and sometimes even murders. Beyond interpersonal relationships, they are part of a structuring social system: cis-heteronormativity, which establishes heterosexuality and the fact of …

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Pharmaceutical Society of Australia broke the news in on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
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